Hornets edged by Blissfield; Comets fall

Thursday

Apr 18, 2013 at 10:00 AM

By Ed Patino

ed.patino@hillsdale.netHILLSDALE — The Hillsdale High School girls soccer team was in position to make an early-season statement, but was unable to deliver the knockout.Leading at the half, the Hornets lost their momentum in the second half in a 3-2 loss to the Blissfield Royals in Wednesday's Independent Soccer League game at the Fields of Dreams complex.Blissfield struck first, but the Hornets answered with an unassisted goal to tie the game. Later in the first half, Sarah Maple kicked home an unassisted goal, giving the Hornets a 2-1 lead.Blissfield came back in the second half, scoring twice to regain the lead. The Royals held off Hillsdale (0-3, 0-1 ISL) after that."We were really close and Blissfield is one of the better teams in our league," Hillsdale coach Michael Mitchell said. "We had a couple of injuries that hurt us late in the game."The Hornets travel to Jackson Christian for another ISL game Monday.Brooklyn Columbia Central 4, Jonesville 1The Jonesville High School girls soccer team was unable to slow down Dani Eastman, who recorded a hat trick to lead the Brooklyn Columbia Central Golden Eagles past the Comets on Wednesday.Heavy rain made the field conditions poor, but that did little to stop Eastman, who scored twice in the first half, once in the 26th minute and again in the 29th minute to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead."Dani is a great player and we couldn't stop her," Jonesville coach Mike Hunter said. "The sloppy field conditions led to sloppy play."Eastman completed her hat trick eight minutes into the second half. A minute later, Allison Cherry scored to give Columbia Central a 4-0 lead.The Comets got on the board with eight minutes remaining. Olivia Newell sent a cross to Brianna Jenkins, who converted for the goal.Olivia Stubbins made 17 saves in goal for Jonesville (1-1).The Comets are scheduled to play at Springport on Tuesday.